Progress on rewrites: I am about 1/7th of the way through rewrites. I started tracking word count changes, but lost track. So much cutting of paragraphs and words and then rewriting, adding. I need an App that monitors words cut and words added. I think I should get a point for each one! Cutting and rewriting is so much harder than first drafts, but I am learning a lot about things that I put in rough drafts that don’t move the story forward.

I’m just going to count chapters. Just finished chapter 5. 30 more to go. I think I can do 2-3 a day, so I should be able to get a completed third draft to the Editing Department (AKA Amanda) by June 12.